Hartzell Propeller has appointed American Propeller Service as a Recommended Service Facility. American Propeller, of Redding, Calif., covers a large area of the western United States, with its fleet of transport vehicles offering propeller pickup and delivery services. American Propeller becomes the 22nd Hartzell Propeller Recommended Service Facility. American Propeller also supports Hartzell customers as […]
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Hartzell receives STC for Cessna 172RG Cutlass prop
Hartzell Propeller has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its new lightweight Scimitar prop for all Cessna 172RG Cutlass aircraft. The newly designed and “aggressively shaped” Scimitar swept tip aluminum compact blended airfoil two-blade propeller and light-weight carbon fiber all composite spinner assembly enhance standard-equipped propeller performance, according to company officials. The newly engineered propeller has […]
Hartzell names service facility in Dubai
Hartzell Propeller has named Segers Aviation SA as a recommended service facility in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, United Arab Emirates. The Segers Group of companies consists of specialists in engine and propeller overhaul, with other locations in the U.S., U.K., South Africa and Singapore. Segers Group is the parent company of Proptech Portsmouth in […]
Raisbeck begins certification testing for King Air composite propellers
Raisbeck Engineering’s latest development in swept-blade propeller technology, the new Composite Swept-Blade 5-way Propeller for the Beechcraft King Air 350 series, has begun FAA certification flight testing at Boeing Field in Seattle. The Raisbeck/Hartzell team completed all ground and flight vibration and governor output pressure surveys Sept. 7. The program began company and FAA certification flight testing […]
Hartzell names Palm Beach Aircraft Propeller recommended service facility
Hartzell Propeller has appointed Palm Beach Aircraft Propeller at Palm Beach County Airport (KLNA), in West Palm Beach, Fla., as a Recommended Service Facility. Palm Beach Aircraft Propeller began in 1982 as a family-owned business, serving aircraft owners, FBOs and repair centers throughout the world. “Palm Beach Aircraft Propeller, like Hartzell Propeller, is a family-owned business committed to […]
Hartzell Trailblazer prop approved for Husky
Hartzell Propeller has received Supplemental Type Certificate approval from the FAA for installation of the company’s new Swept-Tip Trailblazer propellers on all Aviat Husky utility aircraft. The two-blade, 80-inch diameter next-generation advanced structural composite Hartzell Trailblazer swept-tip prop can now replace Hartzell’s aluminum constant-speed propeller which comes standard on the latest Husky models. “At Hartzell Propeller […]
Hartzell Propeller to supply props for Piaggio Avanti EVO
Hartzell Propeller will supply new advanced lightweight propellers to Piaggio Aero Industries for its third generation twin-engine Avanti EVO. For the EVO, Hartzell worked with Piaggio to develop new highly swept wide-chord aluminum alloy propellers that, in conjunction with changes to the nacelle and engine exhaust geometry, combine to reduce external noise by 68% or […]
Hartzell supports Screamin’ Sasquatch
Hartzell Propeller has been selected by John Klatt Airshows as the propeller technical partner for upcoming precision power aerobatics air show demonstrations featuring the Jack Link’s Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco. Screamin’ Sasquatch is a 1929 barnstormer’s era Taperwing Waco powered by a huge Pratt & Whitney 985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder radial engine and a GE […]
Hartzell back in business with Mooney
Hartzell Propeller and Mooney International Corp. are again in business together as the aircraft manufacturer has begun production on the first new Mooney airplane in five years. Hartzell Propeller has initiated deliveries of the company’s three-blade, blended airfoil, scimitar props to Mooney’s manufacturing operation in Kerrville, Texas, for factory installation on its Ovation and Acclaim […]